Category: Chrome for Android Beta

Another new build of Chrome 68 has arrived in the form of an update to the Chrome for Android Beta app. The new build is 68.0.3440.70 for those keeping score at home. This new update marks the fifth Chrome 68-based build for the Beta app in this current cycle.

For readers who may not know, anyone can download and install the Chrome for Android Beta app from the Play Store. No registration is required and you can have both the stable version and the beta version on your phone at the same time. Just keep in mind that the key word in all of this is “beta” so you could run into bugs or other odd behavior with the app as it goes through testing.

A fourth Chrome 68-based build of the Chrome for Android Beta app has arrived in the Google Play Store. The new build, 68.0.3440.40, brings a number of bug fixes and stability improvements as the Chromium team continues to work on the build for public release late next month.

As you may recall from the first beta release from a couple of weeks back, there are a slew of changes coming to Chrome for Android with Chrome 68. A new horizontal task switcher is available, a new Home screen mini bar instead of a banner has been added as well as new identifications for non-HTTPS sites that you visit.

The third Chrome 68 build has arrived for the Chrome for Android Beta app in the Play Store. The app, which anyone can download and install on their phone, is now running build 68.0.3440.33. If you already have the app installed, you should have the OTA update ready to install on your phone.

The focus of this update, as per the norm, is bug fixes and performance improvement in the browser. As you may recall from the first beta release from a couple of weeks back, there are a slew of changes coming to Chrome for Android with Chrome 68. A new horizontal task switcher is available, a new Home screen mini bar instead of a banner has been added as well as new identifications for non-HTTPS sites that you visit.

The second Chrome 68 build has arrived for the Chrome for Android Beta app. Build 68.0.3440.23 is now the updated version number and it has been released into the Play Store. If you have the Chrome Beta app, which is free and anyone can install, you likely already have the update installed.

As with most of these incremental updates to the beta app, this one is mostly focused on bug fixes and stability improvements as the Chromium team within Google, along with feedback from testers, continue to tweak the the build before it goes live for everyone in the Stable channel.

The Chrome for Android Beta app has been updated to Chrome 68 today, bringing with it the first real glimpse of what we can expect once it is released to the stable channel. The build is 68.0.3440.14 for those keeping score at home and is already out in the Play Store.

As a reminder, anyone can download and install the Chrome for Android Beta app from the store and it can be installed at the same time as the stable version so you can check both of them out at the same time.

About a week after the second Chrome 67 beta build arrived, the Chrome for Android Beta app in the Play Store has been updated with an updated build of the next version of the browser. Build 67.0.3396.59 is now the version you will find when you install the Beta app for Chrome in the Store. Unlike other beta programs, anyone can get the beta app by simply downloading it and you can use it side-by-side with the stable version of the browser.

There isn’t a lot to report as far as new features go in this build. In reviewing the change log, most of the items mentioned are bug fixes or performance improvement updates.

A second Chrome 67 based build has arrived in the Chrome for Android Beta app. The app update, which is now live in the Google Play Store, is build 67.0.3396.42. Unlike other beta builds of apps in the Play Store, you don’t have to join a beta program to try it out on your phone. Just download it here and you can run it at the same time that you run the stable version on your device.

To a large extent, Chrome 67 is a bit of a maintenance release with not a lot of new features expected. The only real notable change is the Home button near the omni bar at the top of the display.

A third, and very likely the last for this train, update has come to the Chrome for Android Beta app in the Play Store. The update brings a new build of Chrome 66 to the app, build 66.0.3359.106. As readers likely know by now, the Chrome for Android Beta app is a separate download from the stable Chrome app and can be installed at the same time so you can see and try out the new look and features.

The update will likely be the last as the stable version of Chrome is slated to be updated tomorrow, April 17th. It is also possible that this .106 build will be the build that makes it to the stable build assuming that there aren’t any major bugs found in this late stage.